常見的口譯速記符號有：S=sum；f=frequency；cf=compare；e.g.=example；dept=department；dem=democracy；pol=politics；lib=liberal等等。

注記符號和縮寫

Symbols helpful in math -- these are commonly used in texts and references.

S = sum

f = frequency

Leave out periods in standard abbreviations.

cf = compare

e.g. = example

dept = department

Use only the first syllable of a word.

pol = politics

dem = democracy

lib = liberal

cap = capitalism

Use entire first syllable and only 1st letter of 2nd syllable.

pres = presentation

subj = subject

ind = individual

cons = conservative

Eliminate final letters. Use just enough of the word to form a recognizable abbreviation.

assoc = associate

biol = biology

info = information

ach = achievement

chem = chemistry

max = maximum

intro = introduction

conc = concentration

min = minimum

rep = repetition

Omit vowels, retain only enough consonants to give a recognizable skeleton of the word.

ppd = prepared

prblm = problem

estmt = estimate

bkgd = background

gvt = government

Use an apostrophe in place of letters.

am't = amount

cont'd = continued

gov't = government

educat'l = educational

Form the plural of a symbol or abbreviated word by adding s.

chpts = chapters

egs = examples

fs = frequencies

intros = introductions

Use g to represent ing endings.

ckg = checking

estg = establishing

decrg = decreasing

exptg = experimenting

Use symbols for commonly recurring connective or transitional words.

& = and

w/ = with

w/o = without

vs = against

\ = therefore

= = is or equal

Use technical symbols where applicable.

o = degrees

H2O = water

More reference:

Use standard maths, accounting, and science symbols. Examples:

+ plus

// parallel

Use only the first syllable of a word. Examples:

mar —— marketing

cus —— customer

cli —— client

Use the entire first syllable and the first letter of the second syllable. Examples:

subj —— subject

budg —— budget

ind —— individual

To distinguish among various forms of the same word, use the first syllable of the word, an apostrophe, and the ending of the word. Examples:

tech'gy ——technology

gen'ion—— generalisation

del'y ——delivery

Use just enough of the beginning of a word to form a recognisable abbreviation. Examples:

assoc ——associated

ach ——achievement

info—— information

Omit vowels from the middle of words, retaining only enough consonants to provide a recognisable skeleton of the word. Examples:

bkgd—— background

mvmt ——movement

prblm—— problem

Spell out, rather than abbreviate short words. Examples:

in but as key

Use symbols for common connective or transition words. Examples:

@ —— at

2 —— to

4—— for

& —— and

w/—— with

w/o —— without

vs —— against

Other Symbols and Abbreviations

as a result of / consequences of <--->

resulting in --->

and / also +

equal to / same as =

following ff

most importantly *

less than <

greater than >

especially esp/

常用英語縮略詞表

縮略詞 —— 原詞

APT —— Apartment

ACC —— Accountant

ACDG —— According

ACPT —— Accept

AD —— Advertisement

ADS —— Address

ADV —— Advice

AMAP —— As much/many as possible

AMT —— Amount

APV —— Approve

ASAP —— As soon as possible

BAL —— Balance

BLDG —— Building

CERT —— Certificate

CFM —— Conform

CNCL —— Cancel

CNF —— Conference

CMI —— Commission

CMP —— Complete

CMPE —— Compete/competitive

CMU —— Communication

COND —— Condition

CO. —— Company

DEPT —— Department

DISC —— Discount

DPT —— Departure

EXCH —— Exchange

EXPLN —— Explain

EXT —— Extent

FLT —— Flight

FNT—— Final

FRT —— Freight

FYR—— For your reference

GD —— Good

GUAR —— Guarantee

H.O. —— Home office

INFO —— Information

IMPS —— Impossible

IMP(T) —— Important

INCD —— Include

INDIV —— Individual

INS —— Insurance

INTST —— Interested

I/O —— In stead of

IOU —— I owe you

IVO —— In view of

MANUF —— Manufacture

MDL —— Model

MEMO —— Memorandum

MGR —— Manger

MIN —— Minimum

MKT —— Market

MSG —— Message

NCRY —— Necessary

NLT —— No later than

OBS —— Observe

OBT —— Obtain

ORD —— Ordinary

PAT—— Patent

PC —— Piece

PKG —— Packing

PL —— People

PLS —— Please

POSN —— Position

POSS(BL) —— Possible

PROD —— Product

QLTY —— Quality

QUTY —— Quantity

RCV —— Receive

REF —— Reference

REGL —— Regular

REP —— Representative

RESN —— Reservation

RPT —— Repeat

RESPON —— Responsible

SEC —— Section

SITN —— Situation

STD —— Standard

TEL —— Telephone

TEMP —— Temporary

TGM —— Telegraph

THO —— Though

TKS —— Thanks

TRD —— Trade

TRF —— Traffic

TTL —— Total

U —— You

UR —— Your

WK —— Week

WL —— Will

WT —— Weight

XL —— Extra large

字母和圖像

Z?表示"人"people/person，因為"Z"看上去像個人頭，它通常被寫在一個詞或符號的右上角。

例如：日本人：JZ。

C?表示政府，統(tǒng)治：government，govern 希臘字母C 讀/ga:ma/,近似government, 所以就用C?來表示govern, government。

governmental official 可以表示為 CZ

P?表示政治：politics, political 希臘字母P 讀/pai/,近似politics, political。

那么politician 就可以表示為 PZ

E?表示總數(shù)：total, totally, entire, entirely, on the whole, all in all, to sum up, ect. E 數(shù)學(xué)符號表示總值。

G?表示效率：efficient, effective。G 為效率符號。

Q?表示"通貨膨脹"：inflation 因為這個符號酷似一個上升的氣球。

A?表示農(nóng)業(yè): agriculture. agriculture 經(jīng)常用到，所以用首字母代替。

B?表示商業(yè)：business。

C× 表示沖突，矛盾：conflict， confrontation "C×"中的"×"表示反對，字母"C"將反對的概念縮小為conflict 和 confrontation。

W?表示工作，職業(yè): work, employ 等。它是work 的第一個字母。所以WZ 就可以用來表示worker, 而W(Z 在字母上方表示employer, 在字母下方表示employee)。

i?表示工業(yè): industry, industrial 字母i 像只煙囪，所以用來可以用來表示工業(yè)。

U?U看酷似一個酒杯，在筆記中表示合同、協(xié)議（treaty, agreement）一般只有在談判成功、協(xié)議成交后才會表示"舉杯祝賀"。如果在U 內(nèi)填入2××××，就可以表示為bilateral（雙邊的）,填入3 表示為trilateral(三邊的)。填入在U 中填入1 表示: Unilateralism（單邊主義），填入m(multiple) 表示多邊主義。如果在U 上加一個"/"××××表示談判破裂。

O?表示"國家"、"民族"、"領(lǐng)土"等：country, state, nation, etc.gO 表示進口，Og 表示出口

C?這個符號酷似一把椅子，可以表示主持、主辦：chair, host, preside overZ?表示主席，主持人：chairman, host, etc.

T?表示"領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人"：leader, head 那么head of government, head of company 便可以表示為 CT

⊙ 圓圈表示一個圓桌，中間一點表示一盆花，這個符號就可以表示會議、開會等：meeting，conference， negotiation，seminar，discussion，symposium

k?這個符號看上像條魚，所以表示"捕魚業(yè)"等合fishery 有關(guān)的詞匯。

O?圓圈代表地球，橫線表示赤道，所以這個符號就可以表示國際的、世界的、全球的等:

international, worldwide, global, universal, etc.

J?表示開心：pleasant, joyful，happy，excited, etc.

數(shù)字符號、標點符號

數(shù)學(xué)符號

+?表示"多": many, lots of, a great deal of, a good many of, etc.

++(+2) 表示"多"的比較級：more

+3 表示"多"的最高級：most

－?表示"少": little, few, lack ,in short of/ be in shortage of etc.

×?表示"錯誤"、"失誤"和"壞"的概念：wrong/incorrect，something bad，notorious，negative, etc.

>?表示"多于"概念：

bigger/larger/greater/more than/better than, etc.

表示"高" 概念：superior to，surpass, etc.

表示"低"概念：inferior to，etc.

=?表示"同等"概念：means，that is to say， in other words，the same as，be equal to, etc.

表示"對手"概念：a match, rival, competitor, counterpart, etc.

( )?表示"在......之間"：among, within, etc.

≠?表示"不同"概念：be different from, etc.

表示"無敵"概念：matchless, peerless, etc.

～?表示"大約"概念：about/around，or so， approximately, etc.

/?表示"否定"，"消除"等概念：cross out, eliminate, etc.

標點等

:?表示各種各樣"說"的動詞：say, speak, talk, marks, announce, declare, etc.

??表示"問題"：question，issue，例如：臺灣問題：tw?

. (dot)?這個"."點的位置不同表示的概念也不一樣".d"表示yesterday, ".y"表示last year, ".2m"表示two month ago。

"y"表示this year, "y2." two year later"next week", 可以表示為"wk."

∧?表示轉(zhuǎn)折

√?表示"好的"狀態(tài)，right/good，famous/well-known，etc.

表示"同意"狀態(tài)，stand up for，support， agree with sb, certain/ affirmative, etc.

☆?表示"重要的"狀態(tài)：important，exemplary（模范的） best，outstanding，brilliant，etc.

n?表示"交流"狀態(tài)：exchange，mutual, etc.

& 表示"和"，"與"：and，together with，along with， accompany，along with，further more，

etc.

∥?表示"結(jié)束"：end，stop，halt，bring sth to a standstill/stop, etc.

較長單詞的處理辦法

-ism?簡寫為 m 例如：socialism Sm

-tion?簡 簡寫為 n 例如：standardization (標準化) stdn

-cian?簡 簡寫為 o 例如：technician techo

-ing?簡寫為 g 例如：marketing (市場營銷) MKTg

-ed?簡寫為 d 例如：accepted acptd

-able/ible/ble?簡寫為 bl 例如：available avbl

-ment?簡寫為 mt 例如：amendment amdmt

-ize?簡寫為 z 例如：recognize regz

-ful?簡寫為 fl 例如：meaningful mnfl